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Double Celling Pre-Trial Detainees Violates Due Process

Loaded on April 15, 1994 published in Prison Legal News April, 1994, page 7
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Overcrowding, Bedding, Telephones, Telephone Access, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability. Location: Pennsylvania.
Several animal rights protestors arrested while demonstrating against an annual pigeon shoot filed suit against Schuykill County Prison in Pennsylvania, and it's officials, alleging that the conditions of confinement during their stay at the prison violated their constitutional rights. The conditions complained of in the suit include: double celling of …

 

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